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Astrophile: Dizzy dwarf star will spin itself to death

Space

Astrophile: Dizzy dwarf star will spin itself to death

A wildly spinning white dwarf star could be doomed to a spectacular end in a few million years' time

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First rapid planet-reader makes unique family portrait

Space

First rapid planet-reader makes unique family portrait

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Astrophile: Glistening cloud acts as cosmic centimetre

Space

Astrophile: Glistening cloud acts as cosmic centimetre

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Astrophile: Super-bright supernova hints at dark lens

Space

Astrophile: Super-bright supernova hints at dark lens

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First exoplanet smaller than Mercury discovered

Space

First exoplanet smaller than Mercury discovered

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Astrophile: Evaporating planet shows how worlds vanish

Space

Astrophile: Evaporating planet shows how worlds vanish

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Runaway stars to fill in the blanks in Milky Way map

Space

Runaway stars to fill in the blanks in Milky Way map

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Closest Earth-like planet may be 13 light years away

Space

Closest Earth-like planet may be 13 light years away

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Dung beetles navigate using the Milky Way

Life

Dung beetles navigate using the Milky Way

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A glittering introduction to the night sky

Mark Thompson's A Down to Earth Guide to the Cosmos does what its title says – it shows how to locate stars in the night sky and explains how they work

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Space

Astrophile: Black hole exposed as a dwarf in disguise

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Life

How an ancient Egyptian code unmasked a cannibal star

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Space

Mysterious star deaths are really mergers in disguise

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Astrophile: A baby solar system with big ambitions

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